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LOWREZJAM 2020

Hosted by JackOatley, Gurpreet Singh Matharoo · #LOWREZJAM

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A jam submission

Core Collector (LOWREZJAM2020)View game page

Some kind of top down shooter thing made in ~9 hours 30min for LOWREZJAM 2020.

Submitted by Apapappa (@ApapappaGames) — 36 seconds before the deadline

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Results

Criteria	Rank	Score*	Raw Score
Audio	#153	3.182	3.182
Gameplay	#166	3.091	3.091
Overall	#186	3.295	3.295
Authenticity (Use of resolution restriction)	#199	4.091	4.091
Graphics	#242	2.818	2.818

Ranked from 11 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Did you work in a team?
Solo effort, there was some time left in the jam so I put this together real quick.
Didn't turn out that great but it's whatever. ;)

Was the resolution a challenge?
Text was a little bit of a problem for this one so I opted to use a bar instead of a text timer counting down for example.
But that was about it really.

What did you learn?
I learned that I need to spend more time and planning than this when making a game. ;)

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MansterSoftSubmitted3 years ago

Pretty easy, but kept my attention long enough to beat it. I liked how you handled the health indicator.

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ApapappaDeveloper3 years ago

Thanks for playing, yeah it turned out a bit easy and not really that great but there were some time left in the jam so I just thought I'd throw this together real quick. ^^

spacewipe gamesSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

Good level design and mechanics. If you create a another level i would suggest that you also add another soundtrack as it is short.

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ApapappaDeveloper3 years ago

Hey, thanks for playing.

Yeah I just kinda cobbled together the music track real quick so it isn't exactly amazing. ;)

I will very likely not be updating this one though as it was just a quick little side thing I wanted to try.

Thanks for the feedback. ^^

NaX 89Submitted3 years ago(+1)

Good mechanics, I love the simple but effective level design. Pretty fast development too!
06:20:42 my time!

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ApapappaDeveloper3 years ago

Thanks for playing. :)

If I didn't fail a bit at the world design then this would probably have been done an hour or two faster at least. ^^

MadourSubmitted3 years ago (1 edit) (+1)

That’s a nice game, the level design was very good, overall a good game. Beat it in 4:39 !

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ApapappaDeveloper3 years ago

Thanks for playing, glad you like it, even though it was a bit rushed. ^^

tulevik.EUSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

Pretty simple mechanics, but the constant progression with core upgrades felt quite good actually. It was a fun and enjoyable 5 minutes. And making something like this in 9 hours, that's pure witchcraft.

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A Prelude to an Adventure

ApapappaDeveloper3 years ago

Thanks for playing. :)

Yeah I was trying to go as simple as possible to save time with this one.

The general idea was for it to be kind of like a top down metroidvania thing and that's why the progression ended up like it did, there are also a few secrets to complement that. ^^

Most of those 9 hours probably went into designing and drawing the world, I had to scale the scope down quite a bit which can be seen in the time lapse video on the game page.

Anyway, thanks for the feedback. :)

Kevin HutchinsSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

Cool game. I liked the concept of the life bar also serving as the time limit. I'm impressed you managed to make such an expansive level in so short of a time.

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ApapappaDeveloper3 years ago

Hey, thanks, glad you like it, even though it didn't exactly turn out as I wanted.^^

Denis_GrenierSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

Really not bad for 9 hours worth of work, I'd hardly be able to get anything done in that time. The atmosphere sorta reminded me of Metriod, not the look or gameplay, just the feel of it. The life bubble is kinda interesting, does it do anything besides look cool?

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ApapappaDeveloper3 years ago

Yeah.. well, I didn't really have much direction when making this one, there was just some time left in the jam and I thought I might be able to squeeze another game in there.

I was thinking something like this when making it:

Top down, Hero Core (another game made by someone I can't remember), slight metroidvania elements (upgrades / secrets).

So reminding you of Metroid is not that far off as that was one of my thoughts when making it. ^^

And if you don't finish the game before the green circle runs out then you loose the game, assuming this is what you meant by "life bubble".

Anyway, thanks for playing. :)

JasonsummSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

Oh what?! You made this as well?!! So good! props for mmf2 ^_^. Congrats!

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TamagoCity 2029

ApapappaDeveloper3 years ago

Yeah, there was some time left in the jam and I thought I might be able to make another tiny game.

Didn't exactly turn out as I wanted but it's whatever. ^^

And by "mmf2" do you mean Multimedia Fusion 2? If so, that's unfortunately incorrect, I used Game Maker Studio v1.4. ;)

Thanks anyway though. :)

JasonsummSubmitted3 years ago

I had that thought, but sadly not the time hehe. Ahh of course it is, I mistook it in the tiny video player on the page. Nice one :)

ApapappaDeveloper3 years ago

Yeah, I get that.

All I have is time right now, well, kinda... I should work on my main project but I needed a bit of a break.

And yeah, it's probably not that easy to see in that tiny video player so I get that as well.

Anyway, thanks once again. :)